More Gardening
Sunday, May 17th, 2009I bought an electric lawn mower, the Grass Hog, yesterday. And today my older son, Drake, and I went to work on the backyard. This is about what it looked like before:

The before picture
Those giant sticky weeds you see were about 3 1/2 or 4 feet high by the time I got to it today. Most of the “lawn” was about waist high. I tackled it with the weedeater first, and then went over it with the lawnmower on mulch mode. I am thoroughly impressed with this lawnmower. Some of the stems of the weeds were thinker around than a half dollar coin, and the lawnmower ate right through them. I ended up letting Drake use the weedeater and the lawnmower. He was pretty thrilled about that, but he did wear out pretty quickly. As did I! My arms are shaky from all of the work!
I still have a long way to go before I have a decent backyard, but at least it’s tolerable, now:

After
In a couple of days, I’ll sprinkle Scott’s Turf Builder on it, and see if I can get rid of the weeds, and get grass to grow in the bare spots.
The front lawn looks fairly good, but I put Turf Builder on it today anyway. I also put a tomato plant in a pot on my front porch. Preston planted some flowers in small pots that are lining the steps of the front porch. I’m looking forward to planting more tomatoes after the Farmer’s Market opens and I can purchase some plants from there.
My neighbor, Ray, commented that I’m doing a lot of work for this just being a rental. But, I don’t look at it that way. For me, it’s a matter of being able to enjoy my yard, and my kids being able to play in it!
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